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n. y. i herd tell a good one about
camel pat yeaterdy
camel pat's reglar name Is patrick
maccarrigan, but they call him camel
pat at the zoo becaus he can get on
the outside of enuff suds to last an
other feller 7 days and not wabble at
all
camel pat's job at the zoo is to tend
theelefunt and its about 50-50 -whether
he likes the elefunt best or the
elefunt like him best
well, the other nite camel pat's
lodge pulled off a banket and after
they had fed there faces and made a
cuppel of kegs as dry as the desert
of Sahara they begun giving toasts
and everybody made a speech -which
they call a toast and they all ended
up with saying here's to the American
eagle the grandest burd that flys
that is all but camel pat & when it
comes his time he braces hisself with
a chare on one side and lets out a lit
tel speal like the rest but he don't
- forget his ivory friend chained to a
post in the zoo, oh no, camel pat end
ed up his toast like this
bhoys here's to the 2 finest burds
that ever flew the eagle and the ele
funt o o
RECOGNIZED
Binks Shafer, do you know that
woman across the street?
Shafer She certainly looks fa
miliar. Let me see: It's my wife's
new dress, my daughter's hat and my
mother-in-law's parasol sure! l's
qur cook!"
WEEK-DAY REFERENCES
Applicant for Position I lave herti
a letter of recommendation from myi
minister.
Head of Finn That's very good Bj
far as it goes, but we won't need
your services on Sunday. Have yort
any references from anybody wiw
knows you the other six days of tb
week? v
PROFITABLE
Poet I lived three weeks on that
last poem of mine.
Friend The editor accepted ft
then?
Poet No. He threw me down
three flights of stairs and I spent
three weeks in the hospital
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LOOKED THAT WAY
Mrs. Wrinkles Why, I'm just in
the morning of life.
Her Friend Don't you think you
are rather late in getting up? Puck
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